This decline has brought Japan’s work culture in line with many European countries. The shift is driven by generational differences. Younger workers are prioritising work-life balance over long hours ...

It expresses the views and opinions of the author. This marks the market introduction of biometric payment cards in Japan. LIFE CARD is targeting commercial deployment in the first half of 2025.

A life-sized Gardevoir plush will be available for purchase, standing over 160 cm tall. The plush costs 49,500 yen and is only announced for sale in Japan. It will be unsettling to have a large ...

BIOMETRICS: Life Card is to start issuing payment cards with fingerprint verification Japanese credit card issuer Life Card is to begin issuing cards containing a built-in fingerprint verification ...

IDEX Biometrics enters a new market, together with LIFE CARD, Japan’s most innovative credit card issuer. This marks the market introduction of biometric payment cards in Japan. LIFE CARD is targeting ...

Japan is known for its long life expectancy, but extending the period in which people are fully healthy is another important target. In 2022, “healthy life expectancy,” the period during which ...

TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Itochu will acquire a 20% stake in Thai non-life insurer Thaivivat Insurance, a deal that highlights the global investor's interest in the Southeast Asian country's ...

Nippon Life Insurance will reorganize its overseas operations to better monitor risks from its recent spate of acquisitions abroad, according to people familiar with the matter. Japan’s biggest ...

The earthquake in Japan was a magnitude of 6.7, according to CBS News. It was initially measured as a 6.9, but Japan’s meteorological agency decreased it after re-examining the event.